Infants and young children do surprisingly well after the surgical removal or disconnection of up to half of their brain. Most can talk, walk and even run. These exceptional children […]
Three R’s of Baby Brain Neuroplasticity
The working title of my new book is The Boy Who Could Run But Not Walk: How Neuroplasticity Rewires the Young Brain due out in September 2016. My final manuscript […]
Adult Neuroplasticity Explained
A team led by Neil and Liz Losin at Day’s Edge Productions created this educational piece. (Day’s Edge Productions) I think it is particularly useful for older children and teenagers […]
Neuroplasticity in Cerebral Palsy
From Rat to Monkey, Brains Recover Baby Animal Brains Recover Better Adult Human Brains Recover Baby Human Brains Do Not Recover? The baby orangutan and the baby human are in […]
Neuroplasticity and Hands II: Awareness Precedes Activation
Once the wrist and hand is either able to maintain alignment or is supported in alignment, the next step is to increase the child’s awareness of the hand. This girl […]
Neuroplasticity and Hands: Doing The Right Thing, At The Right Time, and In The Right Order
Last week I wrote about Constraint Induced Movement Therapy or CIMT. This photo from the Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (www.chasa.org) is the best example that I have seen. The […]
Can You Stimulate Baby Brain Neuroplasticity?
The baby with an early brain injury recovers during a period of exuberant neuroplasticity. In order to encourage both brain development and recovery, it is important to understand how a […]
Too Little, Too Late
My last post for parents whose child had been treated in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) asked, “What were they told about their babies brain hemorrhage or PVL?” https://www.karenpapemd.com//index.php/when-was-your-child-diagnosed-with-cp/ […]
“Lost Time is Never Found Again” Benjamin Franklin
The way pediatric neurorehabilitation is provided to children with cerebral palsy is problematic in light of current knowledge of neuroplasticity. The maximum intensity of therapy is given in the middle […]
Impossible for the Child, Possible for an Adult
In the early years of life, we often have to wait for the brain and the body to mature. I think of it as a delay for development, not a […]